Neogene climate, terrestrial mammals and flora of the Indian Subcontinent

R Patnaik, V Prasad - … of the Indian National Science Academy …, 2016 - repository.ias.ac.in
The present review compiles the work done in and around India during 2011-2015 on the
terrestrial climate, fauna and vegetation changes during the Neogene. Tectonics that led to …

[HTML][HTML] Neogene–Quaternary Mammalian paleobiogeography of the Indian Subcontinent: an appraisal

R Patnaik - Comptes Rendus Palevol, 2016 - Elsevier
A biostratigraphic evaluation of the Indian subcontinent Neogene–Quaternary mammal
genera at 1 Ma intervals reveals a strong correlation between faunal turnovers (first and last …

First Miocene rodents from Kutch, western India

A Bhandari, S Bajpai, LJ Flynn, BN Tiwari… - Historical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Following recent work on the Miocene terrestrial vertebrate fauna of Kutch, we focused on
bulk wet screening for microfossils from beds exposed near Tapar (= Tappar) and Pasuda …

New remains of Nalamaeryx (Tragulidae, Mammalia) from the Ladakh Himalaya and their phylogenetical and palaeoenvironmental implications

B Mennecart, WA Wazir, RK Sehgal, R Patnaik… - Historical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Nalameryx savagei is one of the rare mammals found in India during the Oligocene. Five
dental remains composed the originally found material, described in 1990. The first …

Cricetid rodents from the Middle Miocene Siwalik exposure of Kalaunta (Jammu), NW Himalaya, India

V Parmar, R Norboo, R Magotra… - Arabian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Cheek teeth of cricetid rodents Megacricetodon aguilari, M. sivalensis, M. daamsi, M.
mythikos, Democricetodon fejfari, and Democricetodon sp. discovered from a Lower Siwalik …

A find from the Ladakh Himalaya reveals a survival of madtsoiid snakes (Serpentes, Madtsoiidae) in India through the late Oligocene

WA Wazir, RK Sehgal, A Čerňanský… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
We here report on the first madtsoiid snake from the late Oligocene of India (the molasse
deposits of Ladakh Himalaya). Madtsoiidae is an extinct group of medium sized to gigantic …

[HTML][HTML] First record of insectivore from the late Oligocene, Kargil Formation (Ladakh Molasse Group), Ladakh Himalayas

WA Wazir, F Cailleux, RK Sehgal, R Patnaik… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Kargil Formation in the region of Ladakh (northern India) is known for its late
Oligocene mammal fauna of both large mammals and rodents. New excavations in the area …

Trees of the Trans-Himalaya: first report of Pinus wallichiana AB Jackson from Ladakh

S Banoo, L Ali, AH Ganie, AA Khuroo - Vegetos, 2023 - Springer
Documenting distribution records of biodiversity at regional scale plays a pivotal role in
bridging the Wallacean shortfall in global knowledge on biodiversity. Here, we reported the …

A new fossil palm leaf from the Hemis Formation of Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

SK Paul, RC Mehrotra, A Sharma, B Phartiyal… - Current Science, 2007 - JSTOR
A field trip was undertaken during August September 2005 to explore the Ladakh area for
plant fossils. A new fossiliferous site was discovered near Shingbuk (35 27'N; 77 59'E), 12 …

An Oligo-Miocene cricetid rodent from the Indus Group, NW Himalaya: constraints on the age of initiation of continental sedimentation in the India–Asia collision zone

V Parmar, SS Jamwal, GVR Prasad, L Palden - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Indus Tsangpo Suture Zone representing the zone of collision between Greater
India and Asian mainland comprises a variety of rock sequences, among which, the …